Is there a guide available on how to set up the build environment and compile CubePilot/qgroundcontrol-herelink?
The Readme on Github only generally lists 3 components, that you need, but not how to install and set up everything. I installed QtCreator and Qt5.11.0, but had no idea which modules to select while installing and some are probably missing, whioch is why I probably get a lot of errors. Also what do I do with the Android NDK folder, that I downloaded? Can anyone help me out, which modules to select exactly and generally how to set up the build environment?
Just as an example for Arducopter there are detailed instructions on how to compile/build it. I am looking for something similar.
I can build regular QGC, but not the herelink version. I tried it on windows and ubuntu, but get the following error (on windows itĀ“s the same):
:-1: error: Project ERROR: Cannot run target compiler '/home/david/Android/Sdk/ndk/21.3.6528147/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-g++'. Output:
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/bin/sh: 1: /home/david/Android/Sdk/ndk/21.3.6528147/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-g++: not found
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Maybe you forgot to setup the environment?
I donĀ“t know why the error is about the default ndk even though I set up NKD15 as described in the readme.md. Here is my kit:
Finally I did manage to build the code. I had to set the ANDROID_NDK_ROOT build environemnt variable to the NDK 15 location on my disk. And even so there was a problem, where QtCreator expected a folder to be named windows, but it was windows-x86_64.
Now I just have to figure out QML programming and how to actually test it (how do I put it onto my Herelink???). This is the worst documented āopen sourceā project I had to work on. Also why are there so few commits on GitHub? Where is the beta development going on? Or has QGC-herelink been converted to closed source?
That didnt work, because you cant uninstall the default QGC. I managed to write a script, that flashes an img via fastboot according to this page: OEM Image Setup - CubePilot
What I am trying to do is to control a Flir Duo Pro R from on screen buttons/switches, because all my hardware switches are already in use. I have successfully created a UI with an extra page in the flight map widgets in a qml file and the next step is to actually make the buttons do something. I need to send a few mavlink commands (basically move some servos with MAV_CMD_DO_SET_SERVO) and I am not sure how to do this yet. I probably need to create some c++ functions, that send the mavlink commands. Any help would be appreciated.
I donĀ“t have anymore hardware buttons available (used them all for other functions) and thatĀ“s why I need on-screen buttons. It would be greatly appreciated if you could help me with how to call the function āQ_INVOKABLE void sendCommand(ā¦)ā in Vehicle.h from qml. I tried the following, but didnĀ“t work:
import QGroundControl 1.0
import QGroundControl.ScreenTools 1.0
import QGroundControl.Controls 1.0
import QGroundControl.Palette 1.0
import QGroundControl.Vehicle 1.0
import QGroundControl.Controllers 1.0
import QGroundControl.FactSystem 1.0
import QGroundControl.FactControls 1.0
property var _activeVehicle: QGroundControl.multiVehicleManager.activeVehicle
QGroundControl.vehicle.sendCommand(_activeVehicle, //Component to send to
183, //MAV_CMD to send 183:MAV_CMD_DO_SET_SERVO
true, //showError
7, //servo instance
1500) //servo value in us
I get the error āTypeError: Cannot call method āsendCommandā of undefinedā in the QGC console.
I tried to disable this tonight. It is greyed out. I am in developer mode but I feel this is a root thing. Iām making a guess the port is on 14550 that is bound. What does it take paperwork wise to get this access?
@philip@Michael_Oborne
Apologies for the direct tag, but was hoping you could point us in the correct direction. We would be happy to produce some documentation on how QGC-herelink is compiled (for future users who would like to), but we are struggling.
We would be happy to pay for your time. Or, if there is a jenkins pipeline or anything setup that we can glean this information from we would be happy to do that.
